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‘Omurasaki’

Name:
‘Omurasaki’
Kanji:
オオムラサキ
Seed parent:
R. scabrum
Pollen parent:
R. mucronatum
Flower size:
large
Flower colour:
purple
Type:

Hirado


This variety is said to have been grown 'since ancient times' in the Nagasaki and Hirado Island region, in Southern Japan. Said to be a hybrid of R.scabrum and R.mucronatum (R.ripense x R.macrosepalum). Known for it's large leaves and flowers, strong growth, and winter-tenderness, but tolerance of hot summers.

Links:
Azalea Society of America Database
Deutsche Genbank Rhododendron

Notes:
R.pulchrum or Hirado azalea, and precisely, an Okirishima (オオキリシマ) variety.
Kanji: 大紫
Omurasaki Hirado azalea flowers
Omurasaki Hirado azalea flowers
Omurasaki Hirado azalea flowers
Image credit:
William C. Miller III
Omurasaki Hirado azalea flowers
Image credit:
William C. Miller III
Omurasaki Hirado azalea flowers
Omurasaki Hirado azalea flowers
Image credit:
uekipedia.jp
Hereditary Tree
‘Omurasaki’
R. scabrumR. mucronatum
R. ripenseR. macrosepalum




Sports:
‘Shirotae’, sport of ‘Omurasaki’
‘Akebono’, sport of ‘Omurasaki’

Full Siblings:
‘Phoeniceum’, cross: R. scabrum x R. mucronatum

Partial Siblings:
‘Rhodelin’, seedling of R. scabrum
‘Vittatum’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Lilacinum’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Everest’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Shinnyo-no-Tsuki’
‘Martha Hitchcock’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Shinnyo-no-Tsuki’
‘Fielder's White’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Vespers’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Keisetsu’
‘Alight’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Kagetsu’
‘Boldface’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Keisetsu’
‘Quakeress’, cross: R. mucronatum x ‘Vittatum’
‘Noordtianum’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Ledifolium’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Yodogawa’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Shiro-manyo’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Schryderi’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Sekidera’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Shiroryukyu’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Laughing Water’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Ryukyu Shibori’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Fujimanyo’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Kyotoka-no-Ko’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Shiromanyo’, seedling of R. mucronatum
‘Ledikanense’, cross: R. yedoense var. poukhanense x R. mucronatum
‘Ivory’, cross: kaempferi x mucronatum x R. mucronatum
‘Hatsushimo’, cross: R. indicum x R. mucronatum
‘Hazel Dawson’, cross: R. kaempferi x R. mucronatum
‘Arctic Fox’, cross: ‘Panda’ x R. mucronatum
‘Dream’, cross: R. simsii x R. mucronatum
‘Polar Sea’, cross: R. kaempferi x R. mucronatum
‘Mildred Mae’, cross: R. yedoense var. poukhanense x R. mucronatum